Christmas

Christmas!
Christmas Projects
Cereal Box Gingerbread House
Here is the link for the window and banner templates

Footprint Christmas Trees

Footprint Rudolph

Peppermint Handprint Poem

I just printed my own peppermint candy image and I typed up the poem.

Here is the poem:

I Think You're Sweet As Candy

Your Love Always Makes Me Smile

Please Keep These Hands to Remind You

Of When I Was a sweet little  Child

Mason Jar Snowglobes

Handprint Paper Rudolph

Grinch Handprints

Glitter Craft Stick Stars

Christmas Tree Sun Catcher
Here is the link for the Christmas Tree Template

Tissue Paper Wreaths

Christmas Play Dough Mats
Here is the link for the Christmas Mats

Christmas Learning Projects/Activities

Roll A Santa
Here is the link for Roll-A-Santa

Skills:  counting, 

Gingerbread Letter Match
Here is the link for Gingerbread Letter Match
Skills:  Letter recognition, upper and lowercase letter matching

Reindeer Cut and Write!

Skills:  scissor skills, writing, sounds

Christmas Fun and the letter N!

Christmas Fun and the Letter N!

Letter N

N is for Nest

n is for noodles

 Christmas Projects

Thumbprint Candy Cane

Press thumbs into red and white paint and press the painted thumbs onto black paper in the shape of a candy cane.  When dry add a red bow!

Hand Print Baby Jesus Scene

Paint one hand brown and press onto blue paper.  When dry, press cover thumb with tan paint and press onto the brown hand print.  Paint one finger with tan paint and press it above the thumbprint to make baby Jesus.  Cut out a star and color yellow.  Cut raffia into pieces and glue under baby Jesus.  Glue the star above the manger scene. 

Paper Plate Santa

Cut 1/4 off the top of a paper plate.  Color or paint the inside circle tan or flesh color.  Cut out a red, circle nose and white mustache.  Glue on googly eyes.  Cut out a red triangle and long, skinny white rectangle and a white circle.  Assemble the hat and glue to the paper plate.  Cut out a larger, red triangle, white rectangle, black, rectangle and yellow belt buckle.  Assemble the pieces to make Santa's suit.  

Bow Tie Pasta Wreath

Dye bow tie pasta green - in a small baggie, add a small amount of vinegar and green food coloring (we added some green glitter).  Shake until coated and then dump out on paper towel to dry.  

When dry assemble, the pasta into a wreath and glue the pasta into pieces.  Add a bow!

Cardboard Tube Poinsettia

Cut a cardboard tube into 5 1/2 inch pieces.  Paint red.  When dry, cover with glue and glitter.  Let dry then glue a white or silver bead to the middle of the poinsettia.  Punch a hole and add a green ribbon for hanging.

Christmas Learning Activities

Gingerbread Cut and Paste Shape Matching

Skills:  shapes, matching

Here is the link for the Gingerbread Shape Matching

Tree Sorting

Skills:  sorting, matching

Here is the link for the Tree Sort and Match

Christmas Mix-and-Match Puzzles

Skills:  matching, sorting

Here is the link for this fun Mix-and-Match Puzzle

Christmas Tree Counting Book

Skills:  counting, number recognition, emergent readers

Here is the link for this Christmas Tree Counting emergent reader

Christmas Name Tree

Skills:  name recognition, counting letters

Santa Can . . .

Skills:  writing

Here is the link for this Santa Can writing activity

Christmas Light Color Match

Skills:  sorting, matching, colors

Christmas Ornament Letter Match

Skills: letter recognition, letter matching, cutting, pasting

Here is the link for the Christmas Ornament Letter Match

Christmas!!

Christmas!

Christmas Crafts

Thumbprint Reindeer Ornaments

Paint thumb brown

Press painted thumb onto a small ball ornament

Let dry, add antlers and eyes with permanent marker

Use glue to make a nose and sprinkle red glitter to make Rudolph!

Craft Stick Sled Ornaments

Lay out 5 craft sticks side by side in the shape of a sled

Hot glue 2 more craft sticks across the laid-out craft sticks to create supports

For the slid runners, lay an craft stick on its thin edge so it rests on the supports. 

Hot glue it into place.  Repeat with the last craft stick

Decorate the sled

Attach a chenille stem to the sled for hanging

The bottom of the sled

Reindeer Cookies

Ingredients:  Nutter Butter Cookies, pretzels, chocolate chips red M&M's, frosting

Break pretzels to make the antlers

Use frosting to stick on the antlers, eyes and nose

Addie and the Reindeer Cookies for her 4K snack!

Beaded Wreath Ornaments

String green beads onto a red pipe cleaner - we used a sparkly red pipe cleaner!

Form into a circle and twist shut

Form a bow with the pipe cleaner ends

Hand and Foot Print Santa's Sleigh

Paint a foot with green paint

Press onto the top corner of a piece of white paper

Paint a hand brown and press on the paper 3 times.

Let dry and draw on the details!

Handprint Snowmen Ornament

Paint hand and press onto a colored glass ball

Let dry and draw on faces, hats and arms!

Pom-Pom Wreath

Glue pom-poms onto a circle shaped piece of tag board

Glue on a red bow.

Extra Large Gingerbread People!

I cut 2 gingerbread figures from large pieces of the brown, packing paper from my

Online Christmas Packages!

I then gave the 2 girls a bunch of supplies and let them go crazy! 

I actually think they were pretty tame with their decorating - but I did have to scrub my floor when they were finished. :)

Decorating!

Christmas Tree Math
Skills: math, addition, number writing, counting
I created a document with blank Christmas Trees and easy word problems. 
The word problems involved adding two different colors of balls to each tree and then writing the total on the line. 

Addie writing the total sum

Her completed Christmas Tree Math Sheet

Our Little Pine Tree

Decorate a foam tree with beads, sequins, gems . . .

Type and print the following poem:

Here’s our little pine tree,
Tall and straight
Let’s find the things
So we can decorate.
First we want to put
A star on top!

Then we must be careful
The balls don’t drop.

Hang on all the tinsel

Shiny and bright

Put on the canes

And hook them just right.

Finally put some presents

For you and for me.

And we'll be ready

With our Christmas tree.

Glue the completed tree and the printed poem to a piece of red construction paper

My Little Reindeer

Print a picture of your child

Cut around the picture and glue it to a piece of construction paper

Paint both hands brown and press them onto the paper to make antlers

Add glue to the nose and sprinkle with red glitter

Add bows and names to complete

Christmas Cutting Practice Sheets 

Skills:  cutting, pasting, matching

Cut the trees on the dotted lines

Match the trees and glue them to a piece of paper

Here is the link to the Christmas Theme Cut It Out Pack

 Cutting

Pasting and Matching

The Finished Product

 Candy Cane Rudolph

Cut a candy cane shape out of white paper

Cut red strips

Trace hands on brown construction paper - cut the hands out

Directions: Glue red stripes to the candy cane

Glue the candy cane to a piece of construction paper

Glue the hands/antlers to the candy cane

Glue on a googly eye and a glitter nose